For no clicks, I would just serve it as a MapServer WMS coming out of a PostGIS database as an image.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alexandre Leroux</b> <<a href="mailto:alexandre.leroux@ec.gc.ca">
alexandre.leroux@ec.gc.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Hi list,<br><br>I'd like your advice on my next OpenLayers mission :-) What would be the
<br>best way to map a thousand points using OpenLayers? In case you wonder,<br>those points would simply be, say, the last 1000 visitors of a website.<br>So there's no need for popups or big markers. A simple static<br>
unclickable dot might do.<br><br>Would using a thousand markers from a textfile with<br>OpenLayers.Layer.Text be advisable? Is there another mean with<br>OpenLayers that would be more appropriate that I haven't discovered?
<br>Would there be a way to generate "density maps" (the density of visitors<br>in that case; colored pixels based on the number of dots below each<br>pixel) directly with OpenLayers?<br><br><br>I've looked at all the examples. I've been quite impressed by OpenLayers
<br>so far (e.g. layer opacity, getfeatureinfo, overview maps).<br>Congratulations :-)<br><br>Thank you for your feedback!<br><br>Alex<br>--<br>Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.<br>Environnement Canada / Environment Canada<br>
Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre<br>Division de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /<br>Environmental Emergency Response Division<br><a href="mailto:alexandre.leroux@ec.gc.ca">alexandre.leroux@ec.gc.ca
</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Users@openlayers.org">Users@openlayers.org</a><br><a href="http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users">http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>************************************<br>David William Bitner